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April 18, 2009

My little corner of the world...

Let's see...what's been happening in my world lately. Well, I have two final exams finished with three to go (next week). I NEED A BREAK FROM SCHOOL. I have a church conference coming up next weekend..should be fun and renewing for my spirit. I am going to change positions at my job. I will no longer be the secretary of the department, but rather a support tech (technical assistance instead of clerical). I will like this much better ..don't get me wrong..I love being a secretary but the technical part of our job (information systems) is very interesting too..I like to figure things out. This change will happen in a few weeks. My hours will be 12 hour days instead of 8 and working every other weekend. I will have days during the week off however that will allow me day classes on campus rather than cramming all courses in at night. Found out teacher assistants get first dibs on all night courses then the "rest of us" get first come first serve of the remaining seats available. I can't put myself in that "maybe I'll get in this semester" position especially when this job just kinda landed in my lap (God always provides a way). I only have three courses this summer so maybe it won't be as tough as five were this go around. Of course with the change in my hours during the day I'll have to make some small adjustments with routing the kids to and from home to school, etc...but a small sacrafice to make. The upside of this change is that I can study during my downtime in the office lots easier than I was having to try to do at my present position. The office commotion during my study time will be cut down by 90%... seriously.... now you see why I need the change. My boss and I have talked about possibly needing off during the working hours to attend class...she is fine with me clocking out and coming back afterwards...making up the time later on in the week. Benefits and pay remain the same. It just seems too good to pass up and the timing couldn't be any better. How crazy would I be to let this slip by me. I attend Ole Miss in August so my training will be done by then and I won't have that added pressure on top of full-time senior college courses. I'm very optimistic that things will work out.